Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan

Born: October 5, 1975
in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Diane Morgan is an English actress, stand up comedian and writer. Originally from Bolton, Greater Manchester, she studied at East 15 Acting School and worked with Ken Campbell on the 24 hour play The Warp. Credits include Phoenix Nights, Mount Pleasant, Him and Her, Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (as Philomena Cunk) Utopia, Rovers, Drunk History, We The Jury, Motherland, The Archivologists and Cunk on Britain. One half of comedy duo Two Episodes of Mash with Joe Wilkinson, and star of several short films, including The Boot Sale directed by Jonathan van Tulleken, written by Rick Edwards, which was shortlisted in the Virgin Media Shorts film competition 2010

Movies for Diane Morgan...

Title: The Underdog: Josh Must Win
Character: Narrator
Released: March 25, 2024
Type: TV
Can Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattison, Amber Gill and Pete Wicks secretly rig a reality show to make average guy Josh the winner among a polished cast of contestants? If Josh wins, everyone wins!
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Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Title: Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour retrospective features previously unseen scripts, scrapbooks and production files belonging to the lad himself, as well as personal items such as photos and letters.
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Title: The Sandman
Character: Gryphon (voice)
Released: August 5, 2022
Type: TV
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
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Death to 2021
Title: Death to 2021
Character: Gemma Nerrick
Released: December 27, 2021
Type: Movie
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.
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We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Title: We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Character: Mandy Carter
Released: December 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Nobody actually likes bread sauce, do they? It tastes like someone’s eaten a piece of bread, chewed it up and spat it onto your plate. Merry Christmas.
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Title: Elliott from Earth
Released: March 29, 2021
Type: TV
A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home for themselves and encounter new friends, including Mo, the only other being from Earth – a dinosaur.
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Death to 2020
Title: Death to 2020
Character: Gemma Nerrick
Released: December 27, 2020
Type: Movie
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.
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Title: Mandy
Character: Mandy
Released: August 13, 2020
Type: TV
Mandy is a woman with dreams. Big dreams. Most of all she dreams of breeding Doberman Pinchers. But there are hurdles to overcome before that dream can become a reality. In the series we'll see her go on a health kick, rent out her small back bedroom on Airbnb and attempt a series of short-lived jobs in the modern gig economy.
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Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Title: Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: May 14, 2020
Type: Movie
In this one-off special, Charlie Brooker returns to take a look at life under lockdown. Contributors include the ever-insightful Philomena Cunk and Barry Shitpeas.
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Title: Cunk & Other Humans on 2019
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: December 16, 2019
Type: TV
Philomena Cunk and friends take a look back at the major events of our 2019th year.
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Title: The Cockfields
Character: Donna
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
Simon is taking girlfriend Donna back home to the Isle of Wight for the very first time. Can he survive a long birthday weekend with his biological and extended family without losing his cool, or his girlfriend?
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Title: Frayed
Character: Fiona
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: TV
A wealthy London housewife is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she's forced to confront her past and the reasons that caused her to leave years ago.
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Title: After Life
Character: Kath
Released: March 8, 2019
Type: TV
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
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Funny Cow
Title: Funny Cow
Character: Margaret
Released: April 20, 2018
Type: Movie
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
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Title: Cunk on...
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: April 3, 2018
Type: TV
Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.
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Title: CHRIS P.Duck
Character: racey
Released: March 2, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: The Archiveologists
Character: (voice)
Released: February 20, 2018
Type: TV
Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson re-voice archive footage to give us their twisted comedy spin on British social history and institutions in this series of short films.
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Title: Motherland
Character: Liz
Released: November 7, 2017
Type: TV
Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.
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Cunk on Christmas
Title: Cunk on Christmas
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: December 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via 'Sir Charles Dickings', all the way up to today's obsession with Santa. Along the way Philomena will be grilling a variety of experts, trying to expose the truth about Christmas, such as why people still put up with 'brussels sprouts'.
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Title: Damned
Character: Phoebe Ravenscroft
Released: September 27, 2016
Type: TV
Comedy set in the social services department of a local authority. Social workers Rose and Al swim against the tide of bureaucracy, deal with the absurdities of life and try to navigate their equally trying professional and personal lives.
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Title: We the Jury
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
Pilot comedy. We The Jury is a comedy featuring William who has always wanted to do jury duty his whole life just like his dad. He never imagined that when the day finally arrived he would be on the jury of an actual murder trial.
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David Brent: Life on the Road
Title: David Brent: Life on the Road
Character: Briony Jones
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: Movie
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.
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Me Before You
Title: Me Before You
Character: Sharon the Waitress
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
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Title: Rovers
Character: Mandy
Released: May 24, 2016
Type: TV
Established in 1884, Redbridge Rovers F.C. are one of the oldest club's in England - and one of the worst. A sitcom that introduces us to the characters who gather within the social club of a non-league football club.
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Cunk on Shakespeare
Title: Cunk on Shakespeare
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: May 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time, Winston Churchill, and Donald Trump, Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William Shakespeare. Cunk will leave no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard, visiting his birthplace, exploring the Globe, studying priceless artefacts and interviewing literally six different experts.
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Paradise Males
Title: Paradise Males
Character: Pam
Released: October 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Pam has no idea why she has woken up in a hotel room with just an odd newspaper cutting in her bag, and an escort from 'Paradise Males' at the door, waiting to party with a six-pack of Tango in his hands. As the pieces of her shattered memory slot back into place, Pam realises she has a deadly decision to make. Starring Diane Morgan as Pam ('Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe', 'Two Episodes of Mash') and Michael Spicer (who also wrote the screenplay) as Paul the rubbish escort, Paradise Males is a blackly comic thriller with an unexpected twist. It's not so much a whodunit, as a 'what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-then'.
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What's Wrong?
Title: What's Wrong?
Character: woman
Released: September 17, 2014
Type: Movie
A guy spends a long time trying to work out why his wife seems unhappy. When she eventually tells him, it's the answer he least expected.
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Title: Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2014
Type: TV
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Donna
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Title: Moments of Wonder with Philomena Cunk
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: January 9, 2014
Type: TV
Moments of Wonder with Philomena Cunk was a mockumentary series starring Diane Morgan which has now gone on to create a new series, Cunk on Britain.
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Title: Pat & Cabbage
Character: Nicola
Released: September 5, 2013
Type: TV
With Pat suddenly widowed and Cabbage newly divorced, they find themselves single for the first time in decades. Barbara Flynn (Pat) and Cherie Lunghi (Cabbage) lead the cast as the friends with new found freedom, exploring new adventures, in a series about family and friendship.
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Title: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Character: Girl in Crowd
Released: July 24, 2013
Type: Movie
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
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Title: Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: January 31, 2013
Type: TV
Charlie Brooker and guests cast their collective eyes over all that the telly, cinema, news and computer games have to offer, in order to wring a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.
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Title: Utopia
Character: Tess
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
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Get Lucky
Title: Get Lucky
Character: Claire Trott
Released: October 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Short film about a day in the life of the world's unluckiest man.
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Title: Charlie Brooker's Yearly Wipe
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: December 27, 2010
Type: TV
Charlie Brooker takes a comedic look back at the hectic events of the previous year.
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The Boot Sale
Title: The Boot Sale
Character: Diane
Released: August 6, 2010
Type: Movie
A man pitches up at a car boot sale. But refuses to sell a thing.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: Room 101
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: TV
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
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Title: Have I Got News for You
Character: Self – Host
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: TV
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Title: Have I Got News for You
Character: Herself
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: TV
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
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Cunk's Quest for Meaning
Title: Cunk's Quest for Meaning
Character: Philomena Cunk
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Pioneering documentary-maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date; venturing right up the universe and everything, to find the definitive answer to the ultimate question – the meaning of life.
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Rogue Trooper
Title: Rogue Trooper
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically created, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching for the Traitor General. His comrades are in the form of biochips – onto which a G.I.'s entire personality is downloaded at the time of death for later retrieval – and are named Gunnar (mounted on Rogue's rifle), Bagman (on his backpack) and Helm (on his helmet). Rogue is genetically engineered to be immune to almost all known toxins, can submerge in strong acid unaffected, and is able to withstand a vacuum in his bare skin.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.